SDSU's Noyce Programs

SDSU is committed to recruiting, selecting, and training a highly qualified and diverse
group of mathematics and science teachers in the region who support the learning of
every student who walks through their doors.

To that end, SDSU has been funded by the National Science Foundation to

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The goals of this prestigious fellowship are for the classroom teachers who are selected
as Master Teaching Fellows (MTFs) to enhance their teaching practices and develop
as teacher leaders who design and implement robust plans to improve the math or science learning experiences of students at their school. In addition, we expect
that MTFs will serve as guide teachers for SDSU’s teacher credential program, and
have opportunities to present at local and state conferences.

This five-year fellowship (Fall 2020 – Spring 2025) not only provides MTFs with an
annual stipend, but exceptional opportunities to improve their practice and to become
teacher leaders, all within a community of similarly-committed teachers. MTFs will
develop as teacher leaders through several rich experiences. For details, review the
cover letter and FAQs contained in the application materials.

This project is supported in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation (DUE
1950335). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in
this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views
of the National Science Foundation.

Opportunities to Explore Science Teaching

You are invited to enroll in TE 462: Field Experience in Science Teaching,

Now offered every Spring Semester!

Search the SDSU Class Schedule for times, days of the week, and schedule number

What is the current state of science teaching? Science teachers…

share their passion for science with others;

positively influence students’ lives;

are in very high demand; and

start their jobs earning about $50,000 per year for 10 months of teaching (2 months
off) and have excellent health and retirement benefits.

TE 462 provides you the opportunity to explore a career in science teaching by (a)
visiting classrooms of exemplary science teachers, (b) learning from an award-winning
science teacher, and (c) experiencing the rewards of cultivating a passion for learning
science. No commitment to becoming a teacher required. This course allows you to “dip
your toe in the water” of teaching to see whether this career might be a good option
for you.

We seek prospective science teachers who are committed to learning how to teach science
to every child who comes into their classrooms, who are genuinely curious about teaching
and how children learn, and who understand that the credential program is but the
beginning of their journey as a teacher and that they as long as they continue to
teach, they will strive to continue to learn how to improve their practice of teaching.

Noyce Project LEARN at SDSEA

The science teachers in our Noyce Project Learn group presented at San Diego Science
Educatiors Association (SDSEA) on March 1, 2014. Go to our Project LEARN at SDSEA page to find out more.

On March 10, 2014, the SDSU Noyce Project Leaders hosted a reception and poster session for the Noyce
Master Teaching Fellows, their school and district administrators, and the Deans of
the College of Education and College of Sciences. We were pleased to welcome 75 attendees.
In preparation for the event, the Fellows shared some thoughts about the project,
and we captured some of those sentiments on video. Watch the video below, and download the slides as a PDF that were shared at the reception.

Many thanks to the National Science Foundation (#1240127) for their support of this
project. Thank you also to Qualcomm, Inc. for their generous gift to support this
effort. These public-private commitments strengthen our work and allow us to support
more teachers in productive ways.

Finding inquiry-oriented mathematics and science teachers and helping them become
even more effective is the goal of a new San Diego State University program that was
recently funded by the National Science Foundation and Qualcomm, Inc. Over the next
five years, 32 San Diego teachers are participating in the SDSU Noyce Mathematics
and Science Master-Teaching Fellowship Program, thanks to a unique collaboration between
the public sector and the private sector, with $3 million awarded from the NSF and
an additional $500,000 from Qualcomm.